A comedy about girls joining the army in Denmark. Marianne joins to keep up a long family tradition as her brother won't. Both her brother and her boyfriend find her decision difficult to accept.
The mysterious, impoverished Count Virtus (Federspiel) realizes his dream of a life at sea, and his young servant Kent (Springborg) must endure much pain before he finds happiness.
A weaver severs her ties to her urban environment and settles down on a former farm in the countryside in anticipation of a simple and down-to-earth life. The dream of salvation through life in the countryside.